Cannabidiol / CBD

May 2nd. 2018 - A federal appeals court this week dealt a blow to makers of CBD-rich cannabis
extracts who were trying to stop the Drug Enforcement Administration from considering their products as dangerous drugs.
On April 30th, the Ninth Circuit...

April 19th, 2018 - A British pharmaceutical company is closer to getting its CBD medicine to the U.S. market with the government’s blessing, a first for the cannabis industry and potential game-changer for all marijuana and cannabidiol producers.
A...

March 26th, 2018 - Kentucky - Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate’s top leader said Monday he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with its cousin – marijuana.
Senate...

October 30th, 2017 - GW Pharmaceuticals and its U.S. Subsidiary Greenwich Biosciences Completes Rolling New Drug Application Submission to U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Epidiolex® (cannabidiol) in the Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Dravet...

September 7th, 2017 - Production and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products continue to expand across the United States. But the legal basis for the markets remains clouded in uncertainty. Cannabinoid products are often derived from the cannabis...

The top elected Republican in the United States said the U.S. House of Representatives may vote to legalize CBD, potentially opening a bounty of new market opportunities for this form of marijuana oil.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican,...

TORONTO - An Alberta mother whose daughter has severe epilepsy has travelled to Ontario for a medical marijuana prescription after the girl's doctor said he was no longer allowed to provide permission to purchase the product.
In 2013, Sarah Wilkinson...

August 28th, 2015 - State officials in Vermont are asking lawmakers to allow marijuana dispensaries to grow hemp plants and produce and sell cannabidiol.
The dispensaries want to sell the oil as a treatment for children who suffer from seizures and other...

VANCOUVER – Michelle Arnold says she’s seen cannabis oil save two lives — hers and her husband’s.
Now, she’s fighting for the chance to see if it can save her four-and-a-half-month-old daughter, who is clinging to life in a Vancouver hospital.
“I...

July 8th, 2015 - Following a recent Supreme Court decision in June that enables medical cannabis patients to legally possess and consume cannabis extracts, Health Canada is amending its rules to allow licensed medical cannabis producers to produce and sell...